Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert. Part IV.
Apr 28, 2023•1 hr 39 min
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Episode description
Published in book form in April 1857, the novel focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life.
Though the basic plot is rather simple, even archetypal, the novel's true art lies in its details and hidden patterns. Flaubert was notoriously perfectionist about his writing and claimed to always be searching for le mot juste (the right word). (From Wikipedia.)
Translated by Eleanor Aveling.
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